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Castletown, Rushen, Isle of Mani
Regional Level Types
CastletownVillage
RushenSheading
Isle of ManCrown Dependency

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PlacePopulation
Castletown3,100 (2015)
Mindat Locality ID:
303254
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:303254:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Castletown, Rushen, île de Man
German:
Castletown, Rushen, Insel Man
Italian:
Castletown, Rushen, Isola di Man
Russian:
Каслтаун, остров Мэн
Simplified Chinese:
卡斯爾敦, 曼島
Spanish:
Castletown, Rushen, Isla de Man
Basque:
Castletown, Rushen , Man
Breton:
Balley Chashtal, Manav
Cebuano:
Castletown, Isle of Man
Czech:
Castletown, Man
Dutch:
Castletown, Rushen, Man
Farsi/Persian:
کسل‌تاون, جزیره من
Finnish:
Castletown, Mansaari
Hebrew:
קסלטאון, האי מאן
Irish Gaelic:
Baile Chaistil, Rosien, Oileán Mhanann
Japanese:
カッスルタウン , マン島
Lithuanian:
Kasltaunas, Meno Sala
Macedonian:
Каслтаун, Ман
Manx:
Balley Chashtal, Rosien, Mannin
Norwegian:
Castletown, Man
Polish:
Castletown, Wyspa Man
Scots:
Castletoun, Isle o Man
Scottish Gaelic:
Balley Chashtal, Eilean Mhanainn
Slovak:
Castletown, Man
South Azerbaijani:
کسل‌تاون, مان آداسی
Swedish:
Castletown, Isle of Man
Welsh:
Castletown, Ynys Manaw


Castletown (Manx: Balley Chashtal) is a town in the Isle of Man, geographically within the historical parish of Malew but administered separately. Lying at the south of the island, it was the Manx capital until 1869.

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Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed
Oldest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Pinguinus impennis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Alcidae : Pinguinus : Pinguinus impennis0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castletown,_Isle_of_Man
Wikidata ID:Q158530
GeoNames ID:3042255


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